"It'll go bang, bang, bang." Researchers make AI-powered breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy source: 'Revolutionary ...

A viable nuclear fusion reactor — one that spits out more energy than it consumes — could be here as soon as 2025. That's the takeaway of seven new studies, published Sept. 29 in the Journal of Plasma ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has crossed two thresholds that fusion watchers have been waiting on for years: a giant superconducting magnet now sits inside its experimental reactor, and a fresh ...

As countries around the world race to rid themselves of fossil fuels, nuclear fusion presents the ultimate opportunity in its promise of an effectively limitless supply of clean energy. While it's ...

Scientists in the US have introduced a novel artificial intelligence (AI) approach that can protect fusion reactors from the extreme heat generated by plasma. The new method, which is called HEAT-ML, ...

“AI factories and data centers require gigawatts of electric power,” said Siemens CEO Roland Busch today at CES 2026. “What if we had an energy source that was clean, safe, affordable, and practically ...

Inside a vast, hangar-like building in Devens, a trio of employees are working to test and assemble the pieces of what is likely one of the most advanced machines being built on Earth. One part of a ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to lead three research collaborations with fusion industry partners as part of the 2025 cohort of the Innovation Network for ...